ALERT CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR A VEHICLE

A vehicle alert control device includes an electronic control unit activates an alarm device to issue a warning when the electronic control unit determines that there is a possibility of a collision between a moving object moving in an oncoming lane and the own vehicle when the own vehicle is about to change direction across the oncoming lane at an intersection, and activates the alarm device, in which the electronic control unit determines that there is a possibility of a collision when it is determined that the moving object and the own vehicle are approaching each other based on behavior of them, and an index value indicating a degree of approach between the moving object and the own vehicle is determined to be greater than a reference value in a situation in which the electronic control unit has determined that the own vehicle is executing a change of direction.